Of the 6 major sports, does basketball require the least amount of skill?

[QUOTE=PowerGlove]We can all find position/participants in each sport that dont have much skill.[/QUOTE]

You saying golf caddy's don't have skill? Go watch Caddyshack!

im surprised.... not really LOL, that hockey hasnt been talked much on here. no one gives a shit about hockey but to be a defense man in hockey doesnt require much skill. learning to skate and hit and being 6ft plus. thats about it.

I think from a physical aspect, neither golf or baseball require much, at least not compared to football, basketball or hockey...or even soccer.

However, to be fair to baseball I think that sport requires the most mental skills out of all the other sports. Hitting a 99 MPH fastball isn't as easy as it looks. Same with trying to catch a line-drive as a baseman.

And to top it all, they play nearly every single day for 6-7 months (not incl spring training). They get maybe 4-5 days of rest in a month.

i'd say it depends on the positions in each sport. there are obviously a lot of unskilled big men in the NBA and a few who haven't even played all their lives that can still be effective at the highest level due to their size, while there are lightning quick guards with a ridiculous amount of skill in dribbling the ball, shooting, passing, etc

i'd probably say that baseball requires the most skill. it's pretty unforgiving because every single player has to hit (with the exception of the pitcher in the american league) along with playing defense. to be successful at a high level, you [b]do[/b] have to be pretty athletic. there are the occasional players that aren't too athletic and those are usually pitchers, third basemen, first basemen and catchers, but those are also some of the most skilled players on the field. i won't even get started on hitting, it's just ****ing hard and frustrating as hell :no:

[QUOTE=jlip]I've never played organized soccer. So from an ignorant outsider's perspective I'm wondering what skills are actually needed to play that game effectively apart from great footwork/ coordination?[/QUOTE]


ballcontrol is hugely important + tactical skill, soccer is a sport where you have to be born with a certain amoun of talent/skill because no matter how hard you train you won't get far otherwise

Basketball should require the most skill when you think about.

[FONT="Franklin Gothic Medium"]+[B]Passing[/B]-You need great court vision, hand eye coordination, reaction skills, reflexes, and ball handling skills.
+[B]Shooting[/B]-You need good accuracy, range, force, agility.
+[B]On Court[/B]-You need speed, vertical, acceleration stamina, a healthy body, strength, agility, rebounding, post, and a variety of scoring.
+[B]Defense[/B]-You need timing, accuracy, guarding, vertical.[/FONT]

[QUOTE=Boston C's]Ive played soccer up to the college ranks and from a players perspective its like basketball except with your feet lol... thats the quickest way to sum it up for me[/QUOTE]

But a normal person who hasn't played neither will have a much easier time learning basketball, since you have more control in your hands.

Soccer is definetely the sport that takes the higher amount of skill because it requires incredible coordination with your foot, something you just have to learn from scratch because people rarely use their foot to do anything other than walking / running.

[QUOTE=DuMa]im surprised.... not really LOL, that hockey hasnt been talked much on here. no one gives a shit about hockey but to be a defense man in hockey doesnt require much skill. learning to skate and hit and being 6ft plus. thats about it.[/QUOTE]

People don't care about hockey because it's not as accessible as football, basketball, or soccer. Defence is one of the hardest positions to learn... saying it only requires "skating, hitting and being tall" is like me saying playing a quarterback only requires being white, 6'2"+ and the ability to throw the ball.

you need much more skill in soccer than basketball and especially football.
in basketball do be truly on of the very best, you have to be at least 6'4, 6'6 and alot of the all time top 10 players are 7 footers.
A 5'10 guy has no chance whatsoever to be the best player of all time.
The way the sport works doens't allow that to happen.
You can almost call it unfair that a guy like lebron or any other super big athletic guy can just straight go play in the biggest league of basketball and be good.

in soccer height doesn't give you many advantage over others. much more people are able to compete making it harder for you to be the greatest.
making it more skillbased instead of just you being more gifted.
just look at messi.
he is one of the best players ever but the guy is a freakin dwarf.

In my area, white people love hockey. No just men but girls. I think most chicks around here like hockey and baseball the most.

(referring to DuMa's and Fiasco's posts)

Football is by far the easiest skill-wise out of the 6.

[QUOTE=28renyoy]I'm speaking of

Baseball
Football
Basketball
Soccar
Hockey
Golf[/QUOTE]

I'd say the most skill pertaining to the sport and/or the most exceptional physical gifts. The best players in the NBA could have dominated four of those other five sports had they committed to them instead of basketball. Imagine a Lebron James sized soccer goalie or Ron Artest as a defense-men in Hockey. I think Dwyane Wade could be the NFL's best receiver right now.

Football and Soccer take very little skill. Soccer takes more time and football more athletic ability, but both are mostly physical/conditioning based games. Hockey starts with becoming a great skater. Baseball and Golf are mostly based on mechanics and repetition and tennis is a combination of athleticism and skill, but rarely attracts the high level athlete.

If we are taking out the point guards, pitchers, quarterbacks, punters, field goal kickers, goalies, and centers out of consideration, I think football requires the least amount of skills. But if we exclude football because it is a sport in which each player is limited to a couple of things his position demands, I'd say soccer.

If we are just speaking in terms of bare minimums, here are the basic skills that each player in each sport needs in order to play.

Basketball: dribbling, passing, layup, catching, contesting shots
Football: catching, tackling/holding
Soccer: running with the ball, passing, shooting, defending
Baseball: throwing the ball, batting, catching
Hockey: skating, passing, shooting, defending

I'm not going to include golf cause we all know that isn't the least skillful sport out there. Keep in mind that I am excluding all physical traits and wisdom about the sports.

The reasoning as to why soccer requires the least skill is that all of soccer's basic skills feel much more natural to do than the other sports.

I just clicked to see what sports #5 and 6 were.

[QUOTE=G.O.A.T]I'd say the most skill pertaining to the sport and/or the most exceptional physical gifts. The best players in the NBA could have dominated four of those other five sports had they committed to them instead of basketball. Imagine a Lebron James sized soccer goalie or Ron Artest as a defense-men in Hockey. I think Dwyane Wade could be the NFL's best receiver right now.

Football and Soccer take very little skill. Soccer takes more time and football more athletic ability, but both are mostly physical/conditioning based games. Hockey starts with becoming a great skater. Baseball and Golf are mostly based on mechanics and repetition and tennis is a combination of athleticism and skill, but rarely attracts the high level athlete.[/QUOTE]
I think you're really ignoring how much skill it takes to score a goal in soccer. On defense, it's mostly a conditioning based game, but not at all on offense, though having the right body type is pretty huge, just like basketball.